Agriturismo Il Rigo

A family estate between San Quirico and Pienza

Il Rigo is an organic farm stay in the municipality of San Quirico d'Orcia, in the countryside, along the Strada Comunale di Casabianca, in the area between San Quirico and Pienza. The same family has lived and worked this farmhouse for nine generations, and the estate has had organic certification for thirty years. They collect rainwater and reduce plastic; in the shop they sell what they produce.

It is for those who want to sleep in the landscape of the Val d'Orcia, the one of bare hills with cypresses, and get around the valley by car. Pienza is close, and San Quirico and Bagno Vignoni too.

Two houses: Casabianca and Poggio Bacoca

The rooms are spread over two farmhouses. Casabianca is the main one: here are the kitchen, the pergola, the courtyard and the dining room where breakfast and dinner are served. Poggio Bacoca is a smaller annexe on top of a hill, facing Pienza, more intimate and quiet. The rooms are furnished like a home, with old farm furniture, and all have views of the hills.

The website does not publish how many rooms there are, nor prices, nor check-in and check-out times, nor rules on children or animals: you see it in their booking system (Wubook) or by asking.

Breakfast and dinner

Breakfast is home-made, with organic produce from the farm and the area, in the dining room or under the pergola when the weather is good. In the evening you dine in the dining room at Casabianca: hand-made cooking with vegetables, meat and oil from the farm or from small neighbouring producers. The house insists that it serves only what it cooks itself, with nothing industrial. The website does not publish hours or price for dinner: ask when you book.

Il Rigo also holds weddings on the estate: in high season a celebration may coincide with your stay.